Our first summertime project was a direct CASE from Barb Mullikin. Her attention to detail in creating this sweet Ice Cream Sandwich Treat Box was second to none! To get a better idea of how this project is made, check out her video.
To make this project less confusing for my students, I had pre-cut all the necessary pieces, with the exception of the ice cream. This is what was needed:
- 6 7/8 x 7 3/8" Thick Whisper White
- two, 3 1/4 x 6" and 2 5/8 x 7" Chocolate Chip
- 1 1/2 x 2" and two labels using dies #5 and #6 from Lots of Labels Framelits cut from Pool Party
- one label using die #5 cut from Whisper White
- 1 1/2 x 2" Watermelon Wonder
- one 3/4 x 12" strip of striped Tasty Treats DSP
- 2 5/8 x 5 9/16" piece of Tasty Treats DSP for inside lid
- four, 1/x 3" pieces of Tasty Treats DSP for Hershey Nuggets
- spoon die cut from Silver Foil using Frozen Treats Framelits
- cherry die cut from Watermelon Wonder using Frozen Treats Framelits
- one ice cream bowl die cut from Tasty Treats DSP using Frozen Treats Framelits
- a piece of grid paper, 3 1/4 x 6", with holes pre-punched on every other vertical line, and on every other horizontal line, staggered by 1 line
We constructed this project as a group because I knew it might be confusing for some. I also supplied a "cheat sheet" with their supplies for the scoring directions in case they got lost during the class.
We started by constructing the "ice cream" box by scoring along the long side of the Thick Whisper White piece at 5/8", 3 3/8", 4" and 6 3/4." We then rotated the paper 90 degrees and scored at 5/8" from each end. All score lines were then folded and burnished well with a bone folder.
We located the "box" on either side of the middle score lines and cut up the score lines and snipped the tabs right off. Then, turning the paper so that the cut out pieces were on the left and right, we cut up each score line at the ends to meet the other score line. We cut a slight sliver off of each tab to create less bulk when forming the box. The paper was rotated 180 degrees and the ends were cut and slivered.
Next, glue was put on two of the end tabs and adhered to form the bottom of the box being sure to form 90 degree corners.
This process was repeated to form the lid of the box but before adhering the glued tabs, the box was closed. This ensured that the lid of the box would form a tight fit.
Next, the cookies were created. A stack with the grid paper and the two matching sized pieces of Chocolate Chip was formed. A piercing tool and a piercing pad was used to pierce holes in the the card stock. A corner rounder or the Envelope Punch Board was used then to round the corners of each piece. A bone folder was used to smooth down the raised edge of the pierced card stock pieces.
Glue was placed on the top of the box and then adhered to a face-down chocolate "cookie." This was repeated with the bottom of the box.
Next, the remaining piece of Chocolate Chip card stock was xored on the long end at 3/4", 1 1/4", and 1 3/4" from each end. It was then folded and burnished to form a tray liner for the box.
To prepare the Hershey Nuggets, a glue dot was applied to the bottom of the nugget and then the 1 x 3" piece of DSP was wrapped around it, securing with a second glue dot. All four nuggets were placed in the box and the box closed.
The 3/4 x 12" strip of DSP was wrapped around the box, being sure to crease each corner well. The smaller Pool Party label was centred on the box top and the strips adhered to it. The larger Pool Party label was then adhered over it. The Whisper White label was adhered on top.
The small pieces of Pool Party and Watermelon Wonder were stamped with the ice cream swirl, with matching inks and then die cut. Wink of Stella was used to highlight the inking and then the ice cream, spoon, bowl, and cherry were adhered to the white label.
A small Pool Party bow was created using the retired Sycamore Street ribbon and adhered to the bowl using a glue dot.
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Our second project of the evening was much simpler and completed independently.
A matte cut from the retiring Irresistibly Floral DSP was sponged in Pear Pizzazz, Pacific Point, and Bermuda Bay and then adhered to a Basic Black matte, aligned at the right and bottom edges. This matte was adhered to a Thick Whisper White card base, again aligned at the right and bottom edges.
The sentiment from the Floral Phrases stamp set was stamped in Versamark on a Basic Black oval die cut using the Stitched Shapes Framelits. It was heat embossed with White Stampin' Emboss Powder and then adhered to a Whisper White scalloped oval die cut with the Layering Ovals.
Two flowers were die cut from Basic Black using the Flourish Thinlits. These were layered above and below the sentiment using liquid adhesive. The sentiment was adhered with Dimensionals. Rhinestones were adhered to the flower centres to complete the card.
I hope you've enjoyed reading about our projects from stamping class!
